Although she writes that [a]ccounts of childhood I do not care for. My memory of my own is bad,
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape.
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MAH
gives a long, evocative first chapter to her parents and her childhood. She adds...
Occupation
Mary Agnes Hamilton
The head of the Corporation, Sir John Reith
, is one of those whose character she draws in her memoirs. She mentions that women drew the same salary as men at the BBC, and compliments...
Timeline
4 December 1931: The BBC announced the resignation of Hilda...
Writing climate item
4 December 1931
The BBC
announced the resignation of Hilda Matheson
, its director of talks, which she had actually submitted in October. This was the climax of a long-running struggle over a series of talks by Harold Nicolson